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Free World War II Flashcards
WWII is history’s most-examined topic — dates, conferences, turning points, and leaders that anchor every modern-history syllabus. These cards cover the events no exam skips.
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QWhen did World War II begin in Europe?
ASeptember 1, 1939 — Germany invaded Poland
QWhat was D-Day?
AThe Allied invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944
QWhich battle is considered the turning point on the Eastern Front?
AThe Battle of Stalingrad (1942–43)
QWhat event brought the United States into the war?
AThe Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
QWho were the three main Axis powers?
AGermany, Italy, and Japan
QWhat was the Holocaust?
AThe Nazi genocide of six million Jews and millions of other victims
QWhen did the war end in Europe (VE Day)?
AMay 8, 1945
QWhat ended the war in the Pacific?
AJapan surrendered in August 1945, after atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
QWho led Britain through most of WWII?
AWinston Churchill
QWhat was the Battle of Britain?
AThe 1940 air campaign in which the RAF repelled the German Luftwaffe
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